A lot of the issues are perceived to be overblown - and in more cases than HN would like to admit, they indeed are overblown.
Quite a few double standards are being applied to Facebook by the media-industrial complex and the uninformed. On the other hand, Facebook has stumbled a lot on their own and deserve a significant portion of the criticism they get. It's a nuanced topic and isn't as simple as "FB bad, pls delete".
Facebook also has an extremely talented employee base and they pay industry-high salaries while also doing cutting edge work.
Smart people want to work with other smart people on interesting large-scale problems.
Quite a few double standards are being applied to Facebook by the media-industrial complex and the uninformed. On the other hand, Facebook has stumbled a lot on their own and deserve a significant portion of the criticism they get. It's a nuanced topic and isn't as simple as "FB bad, pls delete".
Facebook also has an extremely talented employee base and they pay industry-high salaries while also doing cutting edge work.
Smart people want to work with other smart people on interesting large-scale problems.